Police seek suspects after bear spray used in robbery on Hamilton Mountain

Hamilton Police are looking for two suspects after a cell phone robbery Tuesday evening on Hamilton Mountain involved the use of bear spray.

Officers say two people arranged to meet at a parking lot near Upper Gage Avenue and Stone Church Road where one person would sell a cell phone to the other.

Investigators say the two had arranged to meet through a popular buy and sell website.

Police say the male who was going to buy the cell phone arrived with another male.

After a brief chat, the seller handed the phone to the suspects, before the two began to run away.

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The seller then tried to chase them, but one suspect allegedly sprayed them with bear spray.

Officers describe one suspect as a male youth with a black complexion, with a medium build and brown curly hair. He was wearing a white and black hoodie, black pants and a black backpack.

Investigators describe the second suspect as a man between 18 and 20 years old, who had a thin build, and wore a black hoodie and black pants.

Hamilton Police are reminding residents that the “Buy and Sell Exchange Zone” created in 2021 is monitored by cameras, and can be found at Hamilton Police Mountain Station at 400 Rymal Rd. East.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

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